Tag: books

Every bookworm has a favourite bookshop. Yes, our heart does skip a beat for every shop we walk past containing books, but there is a special place in our heart for our very favourite cove of literary treasures. Whether it's a pokey local den or a particular branch of a national chain, there is something… Continue reading The King of Bookshops

Autumn is my favourite time of the year. The days get shorter and cooler which gives more opportunity for snuggling up in a blanket with a book. With only 4 months left of the year, there are likely only 4 books that I'm going to be able to squeeze into 2017. Slade House by David… Continue reading Autumn Reads

I wish I could tell you that this Book of the Month post is fashionably late, but that wouldn't be the case. I genuinely got carried away in the month of July and it still hasn't quite hit me that it's August yet. Nevertheless, my Book of the Month has been insanely popular among women… Continue reading Book of the Month – July

Okay, so I may be cheating a little bit this month. I didn't exactly read a "book" as such, more of a short story. Yet I think this story deserves as much merit as a fully-fledged novel. Yes, it's the classic The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Number 42 in the Little Black Penguin Classics,… Continue reading Book of the Month: June